Typhoon Odette ravaged communities and cut power supply in many communities. School rooms were damaged and printers used for printing modules were soaked in rainwater. The project will provide educational materials, printers, and solar sets to the most affected communities. These will allow modules to be printed for students to catch up with their modular lessons and for the community to have street lights at night for added security to women, children, elderly and persons with disabilities.
It's almost three months after Typhoon Odette hit the country but there's no electricity yet in many affected areas. It will take years to fully restore electricity in 21 island barangays. Lack of electricity impedes the community's access to education, information, and communication and negatively impacts the learning of students. School facilities and printing equipment and supplies were destroyed by the typhoon, preventing them from printing modules that are essential to modular education.
The project will provide educational materials, equipment, and solar panel sets to the most affected communities. These things are often not prioritized during disaster response. School rooms were damaged and printers for printing modules were soaked in rainwater, raising serious concerns for the studies of elementary school children. The school materials and printers will allow teachers to print the modules for their students. Solar-powered street lights will increase community security.
Target project beneficiaries will be 150 students and 18 teachers from 3 barangays that were ravaged by Typhoon Odette. The lack of electricity and the damaged printers prevented teachers from providing students with modules. Teachers will be able to print modules so students can catch up with their studies and pass them on to the next grade level. Solar-powered lights in the streets at night will provide additional protection to children, women, senior citizens, and people with disabilities.
